Tuesday, September 16, 2014

NODULES

Well it never ends, before I was taking cellcept my doc has sent me for a mess of tests one was a chest xray.
So I had went and it showed I had a nodule on my lung so of course being a cancer survivor I was let's say a little stressed. So I had to go for a cat scan and see what was going on. well I went and it all turned out fine they said just check it every 6 months to make sure it doesn't grow.
When I went for that cat scan they found a nodule in my thyroid so doc wanted me to get an ultra sound.
I went and just got back results on that and i have them in both thyroids so now I have to see an endocrinologist. I thought I was stressed with the lung nodule hahahaha now I'm more stressed and from what I understand alot of people get nodules, but also when you have one autoimmune disease you tend to get others and I was looking online about thyroid nodules and it had a few different things one disease is hyperthyroidism and some of the symptoms is extreme tiredness same as lupus and intolerance to heat, muscle aches, hard time climbing steps, weight loss anxiety and heart racing and loss of sleep all of which I experience but that could be due to my lupus and fibromyalgia we will see.

What is Lupus?

Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). Chronic means that the signs and symptoms tend to last longer than six weeks and often for many years. In lupus, something goes wrong with your immune system, which is the part of the body that fights off viruses, bacteria, and germs ("foreign invaders," like the flu). Normally our immune system produces proteins called antibodies that protect the body from these invaders. Autoimmune means your immune system cannot tell the difference between these foreign invaders and your body’s healthy tissues ("auto" means "self") and creates autoantibodies that attack and destroy healthy tissue. These autoantibodies cause inflammation, pain, and damage in various parts of the body.